Roll cutting and winding machine



Dec. 31, 1929. E. JAGENBERG 1,741,520

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- 39 4:? Inventor Patented Dec. 31, 1929 EMIL JAGEFIBEBG, OF DUSSELDORF, GERMANY ROLL CUTTING AND Application filed August 30, 1926, Serial No.

This invention has reference to roll and spool cutting and winding machines and it is intended to improve the construction and manipulation of machines and devices of the kind referred to, to keep the several rolls clear of each other, to obtain smooth layers with sharp edges and to produce other important objects and advantages to be referred to. In its broad aspects the invention relates to a roll-cutting and winding machine in which the cut and properly wound rolls or spools are carried by rotating supporting rollers producing the operation of the rolls to be rotatingly. wound in combination with 1 means of so disposing the supporting frame for the guide rollers and the circular knives as to make them vertically recinrocable and causing said supporting frametobearuponthe rolls to be wound by means of a pressure roller. In accordance with this invention the lower knife roller operatesas a pressure ticularly in the case of machines with movable winding mandrel and withoutsupporting rollers, but with all these machines in accordance with the previous art the width of the pieces of work was only limlted and they were not adapted for the manufacture 4% of rolls with large diameter of say, about 1 meters. In connection with heavy cutting and winding machines it was common heretofore to only use single knives for the lower knife roller likewise and to lead the paper or the like, after its having left the cutting members, first over a pressure roller which bears upon the roll of paper to be wound. Vhen working material of great widths with machines of the kind described there is WINDING MACHINE 132,644, in in Germany November 6, 1925.

the drawback that the cutting edges of the cut rollers are liable to overlap or to run one into the other, and that the several individual rolls can only be severed from each other by the exertion of very great force, thus for instance, by the driving in of wedges or the like. IVith a view of keeping the several cut webs of material separate from each other it has also been proposed to employ various constructions of cut-separators which, however, were open to the difiiculty that in the case of a somewhat inexact adjustment injury and laceration of the edges of the paper or the like were likely to occur. The modern printing machines require, however, an unobjectionably well cut roll of paper with pen fectly smooth front sides of the roll without fissures and torn portions andequivalent objectionable feature inasmuch as otherwise the running of the plant is very considerably interfered with and retarded.

Now, in accordance with the arrangement according to this invention these difiicultiesare avoided by the fact that the winding of the cut rolls takes place in a perfectly quiet and regular manner, and by dispensing with the use of special cut-separating devices. By this means it is also possible to employ winding cores or mandrels of comparatively thin diameter, thus for instance of about 50 millimeters or 2 inches, and the diameters of the rolls to be wound may be increased to about 1 meters or 5 feet. This is a point of great importance in view of the fact that by this means the rapidly rotating printing machines by avoiding'the frequently occurring interruptions of work with comparatively small rolls, are caused to operate more economically.

The invention will be more fullydescribed with reference to the accompanying drawing showing by way of example an embodiment of the principles of the invention in Figure 1 in vertical longitudinal section, and in Figure 2 in partial cross section on the line AB of Figure 1, while Figures 3 and 4 show details on: an enlarged scale to be referred to. Figure 5 is a modified form of construction in vertical longitudinal section. Figures-6 and 7 show a portion of the cutting roller respectively in longitudinal and in transverse section and on an enlarged scale.

In the frame 1 of the machine thesupporting rollers 2, 3 for the rolls 5 are mounted which latter are to be wound upon the winding core 4, the said rollers 2', 3 being actuated by a pulley 35 and gear wheels 36, 37, 38. The guide rollers 6, 7 and S for the Web of material, paper or the like 9 and the circular knives for cutting the web longitudinally a re mounted in a support 10 which, by means of link-motion 11, is pivotally mounted on the shaft 12 on the machine frame. Nith studs or trunnions 13 the lower knife-roller is j ournaledin the sliding bearings 14 which are guided for vertical movement in the prismatic'guides 15 on the machine frame. The

, lower knives are formed by dove-tailed anafork-shaped holder 20.

nular grooves in steel rings 16 which are provided with a' plurality of such grooves arranged adjacent each other. The rings 16 are'litted at proper distances apart upon the roller core 17, and are secured in position by intermediate rings 18. By a suitable distribution of the knife rings 16 they may be adjusted to suit all possible widths of rolls to be cut. Instead of an upper knife shafta series of knife or cutting discs 19 are provided which are made to run upon the ball bearings of a shaft 21 which is eccentrically disposed in The several knives are adjusted and locked in position by means of supporting arms 22 upon a bar 23 along which they are longitudinally displaceable. Upon the shaft 21 of each individual upper knife 19 a manually operated lever 24 is mounted, the spring-operated handle 25 of which is adapted to engage by means of st'ud 26 with the recesses 21, 28 of a segment 29 connected to the fork 20. Bythe rocking of the levers 24, 25 in view of its eccentric arrangement the cutting disc 19 is lifted out of the groove 34 of the lower knife roller constituting the counter-knife or made to engage therewith (Figure 4), while atthe same time by the upwardly inclined surfaces 30, 31 or the parts 24 and 29 an axial displacement of the knife 19 is produced and in such a manner that the knife 19 upon being lowered is spaced somewhat from the cutting edge of the groove 34 of the counter-knife and is only displaced towards the same after being lowered, while upon the disengaging and raising of the knife the said knife first recedes laterally away from the counter-knife and is only lifted after that. In the operating position the knife-19is resiliently pressed against the counter-knife by means of springs 32 and Figure 1 shows the supporting member '10 in the lowest position at the beginning of the operation. Upon the increase of the diameter of the roll the pressure rollers 16, 18 which bears upon the roll and which operates directly as a knife shaft. is raised, and slides in the vertical guides 15. the links 11 permitting ing web of paper.

the rocking movement of the supporting member 10. In accordance with the novel manner of winding a smooth, quiet and uniform movement of the web of paper or the like and an unobjectionable winding of the rolls in form of a dense hard sounding body is obtained, as already stated, even in the ease of very large working widths.

The modification according to Figures 57 is mrticularly distinguished by the fact that in the undercut or dovetailed annular grooves of the pressure-roller and lower cutting roller the edges opposite the cutting edges are flattened, by which means, when the web of paper is cut, a very advantageous flat bending of one of the edges of the web of paper and positioning of this edge in the annular groove of the lower knife is accomplished. This paper edge is thereby protected against being crushed, and in view of the shortening of the paper edge due to the bending which is of no consequence in the practical operation, this edge is easily retained within the annular groove of the cutting roller uponits way from the cutting point to the winding point, so tnat the web of paper or similar material is secured against lateral displacement and against becoming entangled with the adjoin- At the same time the bentorer edges are protected from strain in such a manner that they will lay down again flat, when being wound up, so that paper rolls with smooth, unobjectionable end surfaces may be obtained which is of great importance -in the further treatment of the wound-up paper, thus for instance, on modern, rapidly moving rotary printing presses for newspapers and the like. The cutting edges 40 pro-. duced by the annular grooves 39 on the rings 42 of the knife roller are arranged opposite the edges 41 which are inclined laterally in i such a manner that the lateral edge 43 of the cut web of paper 44 is bent flat downwards and into the annular groove,39 by the action of the back of the circular knife 45, and this flattened portion remains in this groove until it reaches the winding-up point. By this means lateral displacement of the web of paper 44 is prevented and an unobjectionable separation of the adj acently wound rolls of paper or the like is accomplished. The supporting post 47 carrying the circular knives and the guide rollers 45, 46 is movably guided like a carriage on vertical guides 48 of the machine frame 49, so that the rocking hinges and the "like provided for the corresponding supportmg member of the embodiment first described may be dispensed with. The invention is susceptible of other modifications andchanges to suit existing conditions and varying local and other requirements and Without deviatin g from the spirit and scope of the invention, as particularly pointed out in the appended claims.

I claim i 1. In aroll cutt ng and winding machine the combination with rotatable supportingmeans for supporting a diametrically gradually increasing roll of flexible material in contact therewith, of a movable supporting member, a rotatable lower and peripherally fluted cutting member on said supporting member and bearing upon said roll, the annular peripherally extending fluted portions comprising a cutting edge and an opposite outwardly flaring wall, upper, eccentrically movable cutting means engageable with the fluted portions, and guiding means on said supporting member, adapted to guide and feed a sup y of flexible material between the cutting members and onto said roll.

2. In a roll cutting and winding machine the combination with rotatable support-' ing means for supporting a diametrically gradually increasing roll of flexible material in operative contact therewith, of a movable supporting. member, a lower peripherally fluted cutting member on the supporting member and resting upon the roll, cutting edges on the fluted portions, a plurality of upper,

eccentrically movable cutting means engage-' able withthefluted portions of the lower cutting member, means to adjust and lock the upper cutting member in position, and guiding means on said supporting member, adapted to guide and feed a supply of flexible material between the cutting members and onto said roll. a

3. In a roll cutting and winding machine the combination with rotatable means for supporting a diametrically gradually increasing roll of flexible material in operative contact tuerewith. of a vertically movable supporting member carrying said roll, a lower cutting roller, bearing upon said roll and operatively connected to the sup )orting member, a plurality of annular, adjustably mounted cutting members on said roller, a plurality of ad.- justably mounted, eccentrically movable upper cutting knives, adapted for cooperation with the cutting members on the lower cutting roller andtindependently movable with relation thereto, and means on the supporting member adapted to guide and feed a supply of flexible material between the upper and lower cutting means, and onto said roll.

4. In a roll cutting and winding machine the combination with rotatable supporting means for supporting a diametrically gradually increasing roll of flexible material in contact therewith of a supporting member, movable with relation to said roll, a plurality of adjustably spaced eccentrically movable. cutting means, operatively connected to said supporting member, and a plurality of counter-cutting means cooperating therewith and bearing upon said roll. separate adjusting and locking handles for each of the eccentrically movablecutting means, am surfaces ting members on the cutting engageable with the handles and adapted to produce an axial movement of the cooperating cutting means with relation to each other, and means on the supporting member ada pied to guide and feed a supply of flexible mate rial between the cooperating cutting means and onto said roll.

5. In a roll cutting and a frame, rotatable supports a winding roll-of flexible material of progressively increasing diameter, a vertically movame support, a cutting roll carried by and movable with the vertically movable support and in beari'ngronta t with the winding roll and acting as a pressure roll thereon, said roll having a plurality o'l cutting members each provided with a pluralitv of cutting surl'aces' arranged side by side, rotary cutters carried by and movable with the vertically movable support and coacting with the cutting members on the cutting roll to divide the winding flexible material into strips, means for adj ustain said rotary cutters toward and from and laterally into and out of contact with the cutting surfaces of the cutting members on the cutting roll with which they coact, and guiding means for leading the flexible materialbetwecn the cutting roll and rotary cutters and to the winding roll.

6. In a roll cutting and winding machine, a frame, rotatable suppo'ts on the frame for a winding roll of flexible material of progressively increasing diameter, a vertically movable support, a cutting roll carried by and movable with the vertically movable support and in bearing contact with the windin" roll and acting as a pressure roll thereon, said roll having a plurality of cutting members each provided with a plurality of cutting surfaces arranged side by side, rotary cutters carried by and movable with the vertically movable support and coacting with the cutroll to divide the winding flexible material'mto strips, means for adjusting, said rotary cutters toward and from and laterallyinto and out of contact with the cutting surfaces of the cutting members on the cutting roll with which they coact, and guiding means also carried by and movable with the vertically movable support for leading the flexible material between the winding machine,

cutting roll and rotary cutters and to the winding roll.

7 Ina winding and cutting machine, the combination with driven rollers forxwinding a web of material into roll form and supporting and rotating said roll, of a supporting member movableitoward and from the roll, a lower rotatable cutting roll carried by the supporting member and rdvidcd with a plurality of cutting mem ers and over which the web from the roll is fed, and a coacting upper cutting device comprising a support and a plurality of individual rotary cutting disks carried thereby and adon the frame for justable toward and from the cutting members upon the lower roll, said lower roll acting directly as a pressure roll upon the roll of material.

8. In a winding and cutting machine, the combination with driven rollers for winding a web of material into roll form and supporting and rotating said roll, of a supporting member movable toward and from the roll, a lower rotatable cutting roll carried by the supporting member and com rising a core, rings adj'ustably and removabfy'mounted upon the core and provided with annular cutting members, and distance .membersupon the core between and spacing said rings, and an upper cutting device comprising a support mounted on said supporting member and carrying a vidual rotary cutting dis adjustable to- Ward and from the cutting members upon the lower roll","said'lower' roll actin directly as a pressure roll upon the, r01 of material.

9. In a winding and cutting machine, a frame provided with vertical guides, driven rollers for winding a web of material into 'roll form and rotating saidweb, a support ing member movable on said guides, a link mechanism carryin said. supporting member, a lower rotatable cutting roll carried by said supportin member and provided with a plural ty 0 cutting members and over Which the web from the roll of material is fed, and an upper cutting device carried by said supporting member and comprisin a plurality of individual rotary cutting disks adjustable toward and from the cutting fed, an upper Knife support carried by the supporting member, eccentric shafts upon said knife support, rotary cutting disks carried by said shafts, and means forturning the eccentric shafts for adjusting the rotary disks into and out of operative position.

11. In a winding and cutting machine, the combination of driven rollers for winding a web of material into roll form and supprlsurality of indin terial is fed, and a coacting upper cutting device comprising a support, eccentric shafts carried by "said support, cutting knives'carried by the shafts for coaction with the cutting members on the cutting roll, means for turnin the eccentric shaft for adjusting the cuttlng disks into and out of operative position, and means operative on a turning movement of each eccentric shaft for adjusting the cutting disk carried thereby laterally with relation to the cutting member on the cutting roll with which it coacts.

12. In a winding and cutting machine, the combination with driven rollers for winding a web of material into roll form and supporting and rotating said roll, a supporting member mounted for vertical movement,' guides for the web of material on said supporting member, a lower rotatable cuttin roll carried by the supporting member and provided with a plurality of cutting members and over which the web to form the roll of material is fed from said guides, and an upper cutting device comprising a support carried by the supporting member and having mounted thereon a plurality of individual rotary cutting disks adjustable toward and from the cutting members upon the lower roll, said lower roll acting directly as ajpressure roll upon the roll of material.

13. In a machine of the character described, a cutting roll provided with annular cutting blades and grooves between the cutting blades, a support above said roll and loo movable toward and from the same," and I cutting disks upon said support for coaction with said cutting blades of the roll, said blades of the roll having surfaces laterally inclined toward the grooves between the blades of said roll for deflecting the edges of material cut by a blade and disk into the cove between said blade and an adjacent lade of the roll, I In testimony whereof I aflix my signature.

EMIL JAG-ENBERG.

porting and rotating said roll, of a sup porting member movable toward and from the roll, alower rotating cutting roll carried by the supporting member and provided with a pluralit of cutting members and over which the we from the roll of ma- 

